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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Cincinnatus gets the news about the new prisoner, what does his cot seem to change into?
(a) A bush.
(b) A horse.
(c) A boat.
(d) A door.

2. What words does Cincinnatus see written on the wall of the hallway?
(a) Testing brush.
(b) Give up already.
(c) No one was here.
(d) Look up.

3. What does the lawyer offer to Cincinnatus?
(a) Free services to make his will and a trust for his wife.
(b) A private meeting with the judge.
(c) An autographed photo of himself.
(d) Copies of the trial transcript.

4. Where does Rodion tell Cincinnatus to go while his cell is cleaned?
(a) Up to the roof.
(b) Down to the guards' quarters.
(c) Out in the hall.
(d) To another cell.

5. Besides blades, what does Rodion's penknife have?
(a) A nail file.
(b) A screw driver.
(c) A spoon.
(d) A corkscrew.

6. What does Pierre say when Cincinnatus asks if he is telling the truth?
(a) That he's insulted by the question.
(b) That he can neither confirm nor deny it.
(c) That he often lies, but not about this.
(d) That he never lies.

7. What unnatural event from Cincinnatus' childhood does he describe?
(a) A bird flying up into the sky and becoming a cloud.
(b) A woman singing and gradually becoming a chorus and then an orchestra.
(c) A man getting up to help him, and his shadow not following right away.
(d) A spider growing larger and larger, and then turning into a bus.

8. What is the one difference between Marthe's two identical twin brothers?
(a) One is an inch taller than the other.
(b) One is missing a hand, and he keeps his false hand in is pocket.
(c) One has a black mustache and the other a blonde one.
(d) One wears all red clothes and the other all black.

9. What does the director say to Cincinnatus after the meeting with Pierre?
(a) That he is ashamed of Cincinnatus.
(b) That he envies Cincinnatus.
(c) That he is proud of Cincinnatus.
(d) That he is happy for Cincinnatus.

10. What does Cincinnatus do at night in his youth when he has his first job?
(a) He reads.
(b) He plays chess.
(c) He listens to music.
(d) He writes.

11. What does Cincinnatus do outside the new prisoner's cell?
(a) He listens at the cell door.
(b) He looks through the peephole.
(c) He whistles and knocks.
(d) He writes a secret chalk mark on the wall.

12. Who turns the cell light out?
(a) The director.
(b) Cincinnatus.
(c) Rodion.
(d) The spider.

13. What color is the letter Cincinnatus receives when he wakes?
(a) Vermillion.
(b) Ebony.
(c) Taupe.
(d) Lilac.

14. What was unusual about Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) The sentence was pronounced three times in repetion.
(b) The sentence was pronounced backwards.
(c) The sentence was pronounced in a coded phrase.
(d) The sentences was pronounced in a foreign language.

15. What scent does Rodrig spray around the cell?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Pine.
(c) Roses.
(d) Honeysuckle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is M'sieur Pierre's attitude when he is led into Cincinnatus' cell?

2. When Cincinnatus asks the prison director when his execution will be, what answer does the director give?

3. Who does Emmie tease during Marthe's visit?

4. What does Rodrig Ivanovich say after Cincinnatus reads the letter?

5. What does M'sieur Pierre show Cincinnatus?

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